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Police are looking for the man (police sketch above) who allegedly attempted to rape a 26-year-old woman in Brownsville. Photo:

A pint-sized punk (above) beat a 69-year-old man in Longwood and stole his necklace, authorities said.

A woman’s purse disappeared from beneath her desk at an Astoria health clinic, and the person pictured above later used the woman’s credit cards to purchase jewelry, cops said.

Brooklyn

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Police are looking for a man who allegedly attempted to rape a 26-year-old woman in Brownsville.

The victim fought off the suspect after he cornered her in the laundry room of an apartment building near Prospect Place and Howard Avenue at about 2:45 p.m. Sunday, police said.

The woman suffered minor facial and hand injuries, sources said.

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A thief was busted for stealing computer equipment from the Home Depot in Sunset Park, police sources said.

Andi Tase, 32, was charged with petit larceny and possession of stolen property in the theft of a computer router at about 8 p.m. on Sept. 18, sources added.

The Bronx

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A pint-sized punk beat a 69-year-old man in Longwood and stole his necklace, authorities said (see video).

The suspect pummeled the victim on board the elevator of a building near Aldus Street and Longfellow Avenue at 7 p.m. on Sept. 26, then made off with the jewelry, police said.

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Two armed bandits grabbed $1,000 after invading home of an elderly man in Fordham, police said.

The suspects, who reportedly spoke with Jamaican accents, entered the residence of the 87-year-old man at about 11:30 p.m. on Sept. 27, woke him up, bound his hands and feet and fled with the money, police added.

The victim was not injured.

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A 20-year-old bike-riding gunman shot a foe in Foxhurst, police said.

The suspect blasted the 18-year-old victim three times at 163rd Street and Southern Boulevard at 3:44 a.m. on Sept. 23, police added.

The shooter pedaled off, and the victim received hospital treatment. It’s unclear what sparked the gunplay.

Staten Island

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An Apple-picking perp plucked an iPad from a woman aboard a city bus in Stapleton, authorities said.

Michael Briggs, 26, snatched the tablet computer from the victim and fled the S52 bus near Canal and Broad streets at about 12:30 p.m. on Sept. 26, court papers state.

He was collared Tuesday on a grand-larceny rap, court records show.

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An ex-con slashed a man with a boxcutter in a street fight in New Brighton, authorities said.

Clinton James, 32, sliced the man on the back and arm on Jersey Street near Winter Avenue at about 9:30 p.m. Monday, court documents state.

The victim and James, who was also wounded, were taken to Richmond University Medical Center, cops said.

James, who has done time for attempted robbery and attempted drug sales, was busted on assault and weapons charges, records show.

Queens

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A woman’s purse disappeared from beneath her desk at an Astoria health clinic, and the person later used the woman’s credit cards to purchase jewelry, cops said.

The bag of the 28-year-old victim disappeared from beneath her desk at the Long Island City Health Center at about 1 p.m. on Sept. 4, police said.

Soon afterward, a woman was seen on surveillance video at Sagapo Jewelry on Steinway Street making a $1,750 purchase with the victim’s plastic, police added.

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An armed hood robbed a woman’s iPhone in Kew Gardens and then threatened her with a gun when she chased after him, police said.

The suspect grabbed the phone from the 29-year-old victim on a Manhattan-bound E train at the Jamaica/Van Wyck station at about 12:20 p.m. on Sept. 20, police added.

She bravely went after the thug but backed off when he flashed the firearm, cops said.

Manhattan

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A thief snatched an iPad from a straphanger in SoHo, police said.

“Oops,” the suspect said as he yanked the device from a 24-year-old woman on a northbound N train at about 4:25 p.m. on Sept. 24, sources said.